The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-29 00:00:00

Railway and other Companies. MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern; Mr J. Thomson in the chair. Mr Westward, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he hoped they would consider it satis factory. Every effort had been made since the last meeting by the directors to push forward the works. The want of sufficient labour had retarded their operations, aed every endeavour to increase the number of persons employed on the works was made in neighbouring districts, but they had not been so successful as they expected. The supply of labour was far short of their necessities. Some. times the labourers were frightened a wa y from the works by the outbreak of cholera, and it was very bard to persuade them to return, but he was glad to say they had not lost by that disease any of the Europeans employed on the works. They had re admitted water into the first portion of their canal in August last for a distance of 18 miles, and they were now enabled to irrigate all the land on that portion of their undertaking. The acreage prepared for wet cultivation was much less than it would be next year. The value of irrigation was well known to the natives, and they were quite ready to avail themselves of it. The cost of irrigation in the ordinary way was about 20 rupees per acre, but the company could supply it at four rupees per acre. Their anicut across the Toombuddra had withstood the freshets in a very satisfactory way ; there was only a very small breech made last season in one portion of it about 22 yards in length, which could be speedily repaired when they subsided. The anicut was 1,600 yards in length, and was very solid and in perfect order. They had recommended to their manager to sus pend the navigation works as much as possible, and to forward the irrigation works, as they would be most useful to the country and most profitable to the company. It was now evident that the works would cost more than was originally estimated. Sufficient allowance had not been made for the or ganisation of the staff and the great rise in wages that had taken place_ This was a matter that had fallen rather heavily on some of the contractors, but with the experience they had had their future estimates would, no doubt, be mach nearer the actual cost. They had instituted a searching inquiry into the causes of the excess of cost over estimates, with the view to a better supervision and the forma- Lion of more correct estimates for the future. If the works had cost more than was estimated, there was the same error on the other side of the account, which would tend to counterbalance the extra outlay in the shape of increased income. They had 178 miles of canal and irrigation works in hand, from Soonkasala to the Rannair, more or less in course of construction. The surveys were being continued in the Bellary district, and at Cuddapa. The company's engineer had found that by the diversion of the canal the natural difficulties could be surmounted in that rocky district. The question with the Government as to the submerged lands in some of the valleys had been recently settled, and those valleys would in future be crossed by double embankments instead of by single ones. The Go• vernment had arranged to make over to the com pany some of these valleys, but as the arrangement had only been come to a few months ago, the delay had thrown their operation back in some respects. The works at various points were proceeding satisfactorily, and in the course of next year por tionsof the irrigation works would come into profit• able operation. The whole course of the canal and irrigation works would yield large returns year by year. It was satisfactory to know that in the Koon dair valley district the works for irrigation were progressing, and it was expected that the 11 miles between the 114th and 125th mile would be ready in Janlary next, and a larger section by the middle of the year. The eight-mile section between the 98th and 108th miles would be completed by Sane next. The cost of the 178 miles of canal would average be tween £3,500 and £4,000 per mile. They would be able to irrigate a large tract of country—say from 400,000 to 500,000 acres—but estimating 300,000 acres at 4r. per acre it would give £120,000 for the irrigation of the first crop, but that would not re present the whole of their receipts; there would be the second crop. The price of food since 1843 had trebled, and within the last few years had doubled. The irrigation would increase the produce of the land considerably; the price of 4r. per acre was very low, and would put a large profit into the pockets of th© cultivators. The irrigation would also tend to increase the produce of cotton in that district. It was found by experiment that irrigated land would produce 1501 b. of clean cotton per acre, while if the land was partially irrigated the produce would be increased to 2501 b. of clean cotton per acre, giving a clear gain of 12-ir. per acre, and, deducting the 4r. for irrigation, would leave Sir. for the ryot, besides insuring his crop. He then adverted to some complaints of proprietors as to the reduced value of the shares in the market as compared with ratlway shares, and showed that nothing whatever could interfere with the 5 per cent. guaranteed on the shares by the Govern ment. The works must be completed to make them productive, and although they might not get quite co much over the 5 per cent. as was originally expected, owing to the increased cost, ytt the existing shareholders would have their 5 per cont. on the £1,000,000 of capital, their rights being fully protected. The supply of water was the only remedy against famine in a country where the failure of crops was so frequent. The prospect of the company were very cheering, and he had great pleasure in moving the adoption of the report. (Hear.) After some discussion, in which Mr. J. Jones, Mr. Smith, and other shareholders took part, the report was unanimously adopted ; the retiring directors—Lieutenant-Colonel W. C. Onslow and M6jor-General W. Watkins—were re-elected ; and also Mr. J. Boner, the retiring auditor. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. This company hus given notice of intended application to Parliament in the ensuing Ses sion for additional powers to make a railway from Norland to Soyland and a railway from Greatland to the North Dean station, Old Lindley ; to make a bridge and approaches at Habergham Eves ; to en able the company to purchase lands, houses, and property in Bradford, Dewsbury, Blackburn, Roch dale, Spotland, Salford, and other places; vesting in the company jointly with the Lancashire Union Company the powers granted to the latter by the Act of 1851, and to raise a further sum of money ; also to vest in those companies certain railways near Blackburn, Cnorley, and Wigan, and to make agreements for the construction, working, and joint ownership of those lines. The Lancashire and York shire Railway Company also propose, in conjunc tion with the Great Eastern Railway Company, to construct a railway from the St. Ives and Cams bridge branch of the Great Eastern Railway at Long Sutton to the Askerne branch of the Lanca shire and Yorkshire Railway, with a branch at junction with the Ramsey Railway, a branch to the Peterborough and Ely line at Standground, and branches to Bourn, Sleaford, Monks Abbey, Blyton, Kirk Sandal, Tho r p e , and 0 wston ; to appoint a joint committee and raise additional capital. It is proposed to give the Lancashire and Yorkshire Com. pany power to run over and use the whole or any part of the Great Eastern railways, stations, offices, and sidings, on such terms as may be agreed upon ; als9 powt.r. to Fgr eerapnt , , for Lieilititir, 4 thr interchange and conveyance of traffic uver tric two systems. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LIN. The Liberty of the Press, The following correspondence app-, ln , in La Presse, edited by M. Emile d© Girardiu With the permission of the ee Persigny We publish a letter from him and oir reply to it. Charamande (Seine et Oise). Nev. 2,1864. is ' My dear M. de Girardin,—l have not restricted myself to read the two grand passages in the re• markable book which you have had the kindness to send me, but I have read nearly the whole of it, and with deep interest. The parent idea, which you elucidate with so much talent, is worthy of deep reflection, and I am inclined to think it will finally obtain. But it does not suffice to be in the right ; public opinion must endorse it. I fancy that, like many eminent minds which look too far ahead for the present age, you have anticipated public opinion. You say in one part that since sorcerers are no longer burnt they are no longer dangerous. This is true ; but we do not now believe in sorcerers, but we believe in the public press. You may endeavour to state that the press has no influence, and there is some truth in that, as regards the discussion of opinions ; but many men fear the scandal which the press may reveal, and the consequences which may emanate from it. Moreover, I could not understand passing at once to the position which which you propose, " Certainly the day will arrive when the public press in France will be as free as it is in England, where such freedom hurts no one and is beneficial to all ; when that day dawns it will inaugurate the end of our revolutions and confirm a regular system of Government. But, however boldly I may take up:the idea, I do not think that public opinion is sufficiently prepared to accept a system which would at once cause consternation in many inte rests. It is on this point that I differ with you ; but I candidly own that this question of the press occupies my thoughts continually, and I feel very little inclined to support the present system without great modifications.—l am, &c., " PERSIGNY.' " To the above letter M. Emile de Girardin sent ;he following reply : " You write to me : " Paris, Nov. 15, 1864. " That it does not suffice to be in the right, but that public opinion must endorse it. I fancy that, like many eminent minds which see too far ahead, and are too quick for the age, you anticipate public opinion.' "Now, certainly, if there is any man in France who has not the right to suspect those who see too far ahead, and too quickly for the present age, men who anticipate public opinion, allow me to tell you that you so far anticipated public opinion, then but indifferent, which in 1840 allowed without emotion Prince Louis to be condemned by the Chamber of Peers. I was present at the trial and heard the sentence. Do not speak to me about public opinion. It is not a word to be quoted now, it has no precise definition, or, if it has any, it means a bundle of all sorts of contradictory affirmations—which is equip. valent to a negation on either side, a negation which leads to the realms of doubt and ignorance. " I subvert your sentence, and I say ; " ' It :does not suffice that public opinion should endorse you, you must be in the right.' "For how long a time did public opinion, that is to say, ignorance, support, though it was wrong, Ptolemy who firmly maintained that it was per fectly ridiculous to say that the earth revolved? "Between an affirmation and a negation there is but one judge, and that judge is not public opinion, because it is itself an affirmation rand a negation, affirming what it denies, and denying what it affirms; it is the demonstration of error by fact, of truth by evidence, of the correctness of theory elucidated by the success of experience. " Open the page of history and you will find that sorcerers were still burnt at the stake though no one believed in them, bat that when they were no longer burnt people ceased to believe in them altogether. " When the Government pays no heed to the public press, the public soon follow in the wake of the Government; it reads the newspapers simply for news and advertisements. This is what has happened in England, in Belgium in the United States, in Switzerland. What you fear, you say, ' is not the discussion of opinions, but the fear of scandal.' If it is the fear of scandal the whole French press requires reform. The present system only imposes restrictions and reserves upon those journals which hold so high a position that the publication of scandal is interdicted to them by that very position which they hold—a position which they hold, or pretend to hold. There is no law against publications which live upon scandalous reports. indiscretions, allusions, anecdotes, squibs, epigrams, &e. Were any of the men who were attacked by those journals, insulted, hooted, turned into ridicule, laughed at, one whit the worse on the 31st of December? If they were clever, are they not clever still ? I therefore maintain that I have the right to state on the grounds of experience I am perfectly right, while experience has irrevocably condemned all the successive systems which have had the pretension of preventing or suppressing what they call the eXcesses of the public press, "Any modification in the present laws upon the press would be simply a return to the laws of the Restoration of 1815 or of the Monarchy of 1830. &tier not touch it than to attempt to mo;ify it, for to give to the press perfect liberty, minus one fraction, would suffice for it to declare that minus that fraction it is not a free press. " When the public press can declare that it is sot free, what happens ? The public, in great ma jority, side with the press against the Government. If the press was perfectly free—that is to say, not subject to any fiscal or penal laws, what would happen ? The public, in a great majority, would side with the Government against the press, which it would then accuse of ignorance, inconsistency, contradiction, exaggeration, and excess. "The thesis which 1 advocate, because I believe that it is the last argument of the question which has been so long pending, is more a governmental question than a liberal one. If the question under consideration referred to ironclads or rifled guns, experiments would bo made. I propose.to submit the press to the exclusive system of contempt for attacks of articles, and confusion of opinions. Why not make the trial ? Where is the danger ? Should experience prove my proposal to be erroneous, the present system would be justified—should the result, on the contrary, justify my views, such a triumph, the elevation of France to the same level as England, Belgium, the United States, Italy, and Switzerland, would be the consolidation of the new dynasty of liberty. " Is not this problem worthy the attention of that special men who had stu • thp arms in all its points with the mo care u attention, and who in 1863 maintained his own opinion, in which he was right, against all the other papers, that it was not possible for a paper only costing 40f instead of SOf to exist, " Believe me, my dear Duke, there is no lasting intermediary system between the impossible sup pression of the public press and its systematic im• punity combined with its fiscal decentralisation. " All that I could grant you to hasten and acs complish such a decentralisation would be that the French Government, at the same time that it abo lished the fiscal and penal laws as regards the press, should renounce the right of forwarding by post any newspapers except on the same condi tions, reserving to itself the right of forwarding its official journal free of charge—that journal, styled the Moniteur Universes, and only costing 18f per annum, which fall to the State, or, on the refusal of the proprietors to sell it, calling itself the Bulle tin Francais, with a circu:ation of at least 300,000, which would be easily done. " What should soon a journal contain, and what should be its size ? This is what we intend to examine should you adopt this proposal as a bridge to cross a river from a centralised press to the banks of a decentralised and perfectly free press. " Believe me, my dear Duke, in all confidential and devoted sentiments of which this letter is the best proof. COLNSHIRE. The total expenses of this company's railways, including rents, tolls, duty, 8,70., from July 1 to November 2 0 , 1864, amounted to - £157,503, as against £158,205 for the corresponding period of 1863. The proportion of the South Junction re ceipts accruing to this company from July 1 to November 20 amounted to £15,202, as against £14,010 for the corresponding period of 1863, and the expenses to £7,983, as against £6,611. 44 EMILE DE GIRARDIN." FAST SAILING.—The General Steam Navigation Company's new screw steamship Stork arrived at Granton on Thursday night at nine o'clock, having uwdo the passage from Loudon, in 34 hours, THE StiN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIAG, NOVEMBER 29, 1864. The Unity Bank Inquiry, Joseph Wakefield Terry end Thomas Burch appeared yesterday before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house, in answer to their recognisance, to undergo a further examina tion upon the charge of having unlawfully made and circu lated a certain statement, viz., a balance-sheet of the affairs of the Unity Bank, they knowing the same to be false in divers material particulars, with intent to deceive and de fraud the members and shareholders of that bank. Mr Lewis again appeared to prosecute, and Mr Sleigh, instructed by Mr Watson, of Cannon-street, appeared for the defendant Terry ; and Mr Metcalfe, instructed by Mr Wontner, jun., of Bucklersbury, appeared for Burch. Mr Lewis said he proposed to call Mr Howell again, and to go very shortly into a few transactions of the west branch. Mr 0. Howell, 40, Broad-street, accountant, was again called, and said the west branch was under the management of Mr Sykes. The bank had customers named C. and C. Humfrey. He produced 31 bills of that firm amounting, on June 30, 1802, to £2,889, which were dishonoured in 1869, 1860, and 1861. They have the marks of dividends. The bank held some security to about the value of £l,OOO, which had not yet been realised. Witness believed Humfrey did not pay a dividend under his bankruptcy. Witness pro duced Mr Sykes's balance-sheet, and in that the amount of Humfrey's debt appeared in the past due bills, but in the defendant's balance-sheet issued to the share holders it was carried into the account of bills dis counted, and formed a part of the £207,000 as good assets. There was a customer of the western branch, named C• Dolman, who owed the bank £1,696 upon dishonoured bills of exchange, dishonoured in April, May, and June, 1862, and an overdrawn account. The bank had as security 2,000 shares in the Catholic Book Selling Company, which were perfectly worthless. The amount of Dolman's debt went into Mr Dykes's balance as loans to customers, and was included in the general balance in the item £207,000 as good assets. The bank had a customer named Lutomi ski, who owed £1,027 on the 30th June, 1862, upon bills dishonoured principally in 1860 and 1861. That sum, un secured in Mr Sykes's balance-sheet as past due bills and in the general balance-sheet, was included in the good assets as loans under discount. R. G. Leighton was a customer of the bank, and in June, 1862, he owed the bank £1,135 on bills dishonoured in 1860 and 1861, and on an overdrawn account. He paid 18 instalments of £1 each on account of that debt. They appeared sometimes every week and some times every month. The sum he mentioned was the balance after the payment of the 18 instalments. That was also included in the good assets in the general balance-sheet. The bank had a customer named C. Baring, who owed on the 30th June, 1862, £982 upon bills dishonoured in 1860 and 1861. These bills appeared to have been lost. Baring was bankrupt in 1861. The item appeared where it should appear—in the past due bill item in Mr Sykes's balance; but in the general balance it was carried into the good assets. Thomas Pearson kept an account at the western branch, and owed £2,017 upon an old overdrawn account and bills dishonoured. By the Lord Mayor—That was the balance after deduct. ing the dividends, which amounted to £216. Re-examined—That item appeared in Mr Sykes's balance as past due bills, and was included in the general balance sheet as a good asset in the item £207,000. Witness said in June, 1862, the branch office was not solvent, but was insolvent to the extent of £15,000 or £20,000. As far as he could say, the west branch never made any profit. They appeared to have lost £5,000 the first year. [b found in the books of the head office an entry of a cheque of Morgan's for £5O, paid in error in April, 1862, and posted in the past due bills on the 30th June, 1802, having been entered in the cash article book every day until that date, and included in the balance in the £207,000 as good assets, being money ab. solutely lost at the time. A remittance to the west branch of £73, which was lost in April, 1861, also appeared in June 1862, in the item as good assets. Witness produced a balance sheet both of the branch office and the head office up to June, 1862. The overdrawn accounts which wore irrecovor. able at the head office amounted to £9,000 odd, This balance sheet was prepared by witness. Cross-examined by Mr Sleigh—Witness had thoroughly examined all the books, and they showed it was usual to have a meeting of directors every week, and a committee meeting likewise. The committee meeting was on Tuesday, and the board meeting on Friday. The directors generally all attended. At the committee meeting the correspondence, past due bills, loans, and discounts were examined, and the proceedings at each meeting were signed by the chairman, and confirmed at the subsequent meeting. At the board meeting the proceedings of the committee were examined. There was a resolution of the directors, individually and collectively, upon the transfer of the business to the London and Middlesex, thanking the manager and secretary for their untiring zeal in the management of tho bank. Cross-examined by Mr Metcalfe—There was a summary of the business of the bank submitted each week to the com • mittee and the board. A statement of the bills discounted was laid before the board each week. The loans were pre sented to the board before they were made,but the bills were discounted and the bills laid before the board. The general ledger, which was in Burch's writing, was posted up from the day book. Those items included in Mr Sykes's balance as past due bills ought not to have gone into the balance as loans to customers, as the reference was that they were good bills under discount. Luko Richard Sykes was called and said ho was a bank manager. He was appointed bank manager of the west branch of the Unity Bank in 1858 ; previous to that he was acting manager. The day's transactions were sent in to the head (Bee daily, and a weekly statement was also sent in, and a half-yearly statement or balance was also made, showing the profit or loss of the bank. From time to time some of the customers who owed the bank money became bankrupt, and some of them became swindlers, and some were doubtful. Thera was a customer of the name of Baring at the bank. His bills were dishonoured in 1860 and 1861. Baring was bankrupt about Dec., 1861. The securities were realised, and the balance was 080. The bills were lost. Witness believed Mr Ayre, one of the directors, was in formed of it first. He wrote to Mr Terry upon the matter, but had not a copy of that letter. At this stage the proceedings were again adjourned, the same bail being accepted. Charge of Scuttling a Ship, Yesterday, at the justice room of the Mansion-house, before the Lord Mayor, Joseph John Mitcheson White, 26 years of age, residing at Ogle - terrace, South Shields, and Robert Sutton, 27, of Robinson - terrace, Sunderland, were brought up in . the custody of Sergeant Moss and James M'Leod, city detective officers, to undergo examination on a charge of felony. The charge against them was that they on the high seas, and within the jurisdiction i t s h d e i c 2 t i d o n o f of o of England, unlawfully, ma liciously, and feloniously did destroy a certain British ship called the Snowdrop, then being upon the high seas, with intent thereby to prejudice divers persons who had under ethteebAerdlmasitr'alty written certain policies of insurance upon the ship, contrary to the statute 24th and 25th of Victoria, cap. 97. Mr Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, attended to prosecute on behalf of Lloyd's Salvage Association ; Mr Beard, of Sas inghall-street, appeared for the prisoners. iNlr Lewis, in the opening prisoners g the case, ob serve d th a t th e c harge made ein was most serious, and affected against the comrcercial interests of the country, more particularly persons who were engaged in the business of underwriting. The two persons were respectively captain and mate of a bark called the Snowdrop, of Newcastle, 396 tons register, and which sailed from London in the month of September last, bound for Cronstadt. She was insured for a sum of £2,OA which amount became payable upon the policy in the event of total loss, but not otherwise, and the evidence would show that the offence was committed with the view to obtain the amount for which the ship was so under written. Mr Lewis then briefly stated the facts as they were afterwards related in evidence. Mr Yardley--What about ? Matthew Craig was called and examined by Mr Lewis. Ile said he lived at 26, Prince's-square, St. George-iu - the- East, and was a ship carpenter, He had been so about seven years. In September last he sailed in the bark Snowdrop, of Newcastle, from London. She was about 400 tons burden, and was bound to Cronstadt in ballast. The prisoner White was captain, and the prisoner Sutton the mate. On the morning of the 4th October, about 4 o'clock, the ship struck on a reef called Stoneskar, to the eastward of Revel, in the tiurrrtor f,nni Strawskqr which is about 12 miles from the mainland, called Port Cunda, she struck twice and became fixed between two sunken reefs. The sails were immediately clewed up, and the jibs hauled down by the mate's order. Witness went immediately and sounded the pumps, as it was his duty to do. The ship was not making any water then. About ten minutes afterwards he sounded the pumps, and again about 20 minutes after that. The ship was not then making water at any of those soundings, and he reported that circumstance to the captain. The prisoner White called witness on to the poop and asked him to have a glass of grog. Witness went down with him into the main cabin and had one. There the prisoner said, " Now, carpenter, the ship is making no water —she is here, and I don't want her over to coma off. Can you make;her make water ?" Witness said he could. He asked by what means. Witness said he could bore a couple of holes in her. 'The prisoner said if he did not get his insurance his brother and ho, who were both young men, would be ruined. He gave witness another glass of grog, and then said, " Go on and do it, carpenter, and I'll keep the men employed while she is going down." Witness left the cabin and went on the quarter deck. From there he went down to the half deck, where he took a chisel, a hammer, and an inch and quarter augur out of his chest, and went on the main deck with the tools in his hand. He then threw them down the after-hatch upon the ballast and went into the hold. He took up his tools and put them on the top of some dunnage and returned to the deck. He afterwards went down again and fetched a half-inch augur, Th-re in the hold the mate joined him, He asked witness if ho could not start the wooden ends of the plank forward. The effect of that would have been to let the water in, and much faster than by a hole bored with an augur. Witness said ho could not do so, He went aft on the starboard side and took out a" graving" piece, a little abaft the water-tank. He then bored a hole in a plank, upon which the water spouted through it into the hold. Upon that he replaced the graving piece, hammering it in with a billet of wood. The prisoner Sutton was present while that Was done, Sutton and he then went forward to you. the port side into the fore hold and took out another graving piece and bored another hole with a half-ineh augur. The water made its appearance,and he replaced the graving piece, which prevented any one seeing where the water (Lime in. Sutton and he then returned to the deck. The men on deck were then engaged getting the kedge anchor and long boat ready. The mate Sutton went away in her, and four of the seamen. The crew were 13 in number. The kedge anchor was slung over the side of the boat to be used at the stern of the ship. In order so to use it they should have passed the stern of the vessel, but they did not do so. The boat returned in about eight or ten minutes, and when she came back they put the anchor on board. By the Lord Mayor—Then, what they did in taking the anchor away was of no use ? Witness—None, Mr Oke—lt was a more feint. Witness—When the boat returned the captain asked witness if the ship was making any water. Witness was then on the poop. lb sounded the pumps, and he reported to him that she had made 20 inches of water. From the time he first sounded the pumps the ship had never moved, though there was a brisk wind at the time. The captain asked him to go below and he did so into the ship's cabin, The witness then said she was not making much water. Witness said she was not, but ho could mako her make more. He said, ' 6 Go on and do it." Witness left the captain and went on deck, and then into the hold. There he took out the graving piece aft, and bored a larger hole with an inch and a quarter augur. He then tried to replace the graving-piece, but he could not from the pres sure of water, which came in very much. Witness wont for. ward, and, taking out the graving-piece, bored another hole there with the inch and a quarter augur. After that ho ma naged to replace the graving-piece there. When he reported the 20 inches of water no order was given by anybody to pump it out. Witness then returned to the dock and found the crew getting their things ready. He went into the cabin, and the captain, the mate, and he sat down there. and each had a glass of brandy. As they drank it they had some conversation as to the qualities of the ship, how fast she could sail, and as to her being the best ship in the Baltic. At the request of the captain he went upon deck and asked the boatswain to come down and have a glass of grog. Witness afterwards went down into the hold with the cap tain at his request, to see where the ship was making water. Witness showed him the holes through which the water was coming in. They went aft first, and then forward. The captain saw the holes at both places, and said he would see witness allright. He also talked about the insurance. They were then standing by the pump-well. About this time the steward came halfway down the main hatchway into the hold, bringing down the captain's belt—not a lifebelt, but an ordinary brass belt. The captain told him to take it away, saying he did not want it. The captain packed up his chronometer, charts, and other things, and they were sent on to the island by the boatswain. Then the longboat went with the seamen's clothes,ared witness accompanied it. When witness left the vessel it was about 11 or 12 in the day. There were then about five feet of water in the hold. From the time the vessel struck, about 4 in the morning, to the time they left her there had been no pumping. Wit ness eventually applied to the British consul at PortArnda. The vessel was en left on the rocks. Witness lett the island next morning, and she was still above water. By the Lord Mayor—There was not then water to sink her. Witness continued to say he saw her two days afterwards and she was then upright. From the island he went to Revel and thence to St Petersburg, where he shipped for England, arriving here about three weeks ago. Two days after his arrival he went to Lloyds and made a statement, which was taken down in writing by Capt. Grant. By Mr Beard, in cross-examination—Before October 4th the ship had encountered head winds, On that day the wind was strong, and there was a bit of a ripple on the water. He could not say the sea was running high. When the vessel struck both defendants were in bed below, and the boatswain called them up. The mate came upon deok immediately and ordered all hands to olew up the sails. The men set about doing that forthwith. While they were so engaged witness did not say there were three inches of water in the hold. The men were told to take the anchor astern in order to get the vessel off, and they did so. They were absent about 10 minutes doing that—not more. There were four men in the boat, and the vessel lay perfectly quiet. Witness did not go down and tell the captain. The ship was breaking her bottom fast. Mr Beard—Were you sober at that time ?—Not very, sir. The Lord Mayor said he supposed the grog given him by the captain had affected his head. Cross-examination continued—Everything was done to save as much as possible from the ship. Prior to witness letting the island the captain said he went back to the ship to see and get the sails down along with the deputy-consul. By the Lord Mayor—She was then pretty full of water. Witness continued to say he signed a protest in Revel which was read to him before he alined it, In that protest he did not state what he had related in evidence to-day. When he and the captain went into the hold there were from 20in. to 2ft. of water in it. The clawing up the sails would prevent the vessel going further on to the rocks. A Russian sailor was steering the vessel at the time. Re-examined—lt the sails had been furled, which they were not, it would have prevented her still; further going upon the rocks. The protest was ready prepared when ho went to the Consul's. Witness had not had any hand in preparing it. A foreigner, who talked very good English, read it over to him. Mr Lewis did not propose to carry the examination further at present. Mr Beard said ho was directed by the owners to state that they desired that every inquiry should be made into the circumstances, and that there was no foundation for the statement, as opened by Mr Lewis, that this was an assur ance for a total loss. The Lord Mayor—l daresay we shall hear all about that by and by. Mr Lewis—We shall produce the policies. Mr Beard—And I shall call some of the crew, who will contradict this man's statement. Adjourned for a week. Sailor Jack and and the Rope-tyingMauia At the Marylebone police-court, yesterday, Andrew Stuart Clarke, aged 29, seaman, was charged before Mr Yardley with being drunk and disorderly in the Edgware road, under the following circumstances:— George Cooper 3G7, A, said—About half-past cloven o'clock on Saturday night I was on duty in the Edgware road, where I saw the prisoner in a very excited state wanting to fight. At my persuasion he went away, but before long he was back again. Again, a second time at my advice, he kit. He however returned a third time and created a disturbance, and said if I thought proper I might take him, as ho would not be interfered with. I took him to the station-house and locked him up. Mr. Yardley—lf I let you go this time will you behave better for the future ? Prisoner—Look here, sir, I should like to ask you a question. Prisoner—About this 'ere rope-tying performance. Mr Yardley—About rope tying I Ido not understand Prisoner—l went to tie a man at Turnham's, and he did not like it; so they turned me out and have got my clothes. Mr Yardley—Turnham's, what does he mean by that ? Inspector Egerton, D division—lt is a music hall in the Edgware-road, celled the Metropolitan Music Hall, but formerly known as Turnham's. Prisoner—They have got my clothes, and refuse to give them up. Inspector Egerton—The proprietors say they will give up his clothes. Mr Yardley—What is it that he says about tying a man ? Inspector Egerton—There is I believe a man performing there after the style of the Davenport Brothers, who submit themselves to be tied by ropes, and then they release them selves in less time than it took to bind them. It appears in this case the performer invited anyone to go on to the stage and tie him. The prisoner accepted the offer, went on the stage and tied so tight, that he (the performer) would have no more of it. Mr Yardley—Tied him too tight, I suppose ? Sergeant Jones, 1S D—Yes, sir, He had got a rope which .1113 brourrht ...-4 -c noose which he put round the performer's neck, and he also hurt him with his knee. Prisoner . _ I could not have hurt him as I had only jus commenced. (Laughter.) Inspector Egerton—The sergeant, who was present, can tell you all about it. The Sergeant (Jones) said.—First of all the prisoner placed the noose round the performer's neck, and then put the rope down the front of him, passed it between his legs, and then brought it up his back and wound it round his waist and arms. Every time he placed it round, and when he got it under his (the performer's) ribs, he (prisoner) pressed his knee against him whilst he pulled the rope tight. He pulled him so tight that he could not bear it.. Mr Yardley—l suppose he had got him into a sailors' knot—(Loud laughter.) Prisoner—l was only tying him so that he could not be undone as he said. Mr Yardley—l can quite understand that; it would not be at all pleasant to have a noose round the neck. Prisoner—Will you allow me to show you how it is done?--(Roars of laughter.) Mr Yardley----No, I would much rather not. I don't can about it. It would be as well to try it on yourself. Prisoner—l only wanted to tie him, and he would'nt allow me to finish. Mr Yardley—Well, I suppose there is an end of this; so you are discharged. Prisoner—l want to know if I cannot have my two days' pay for Sunday and to-day, as I belong to the naval reserve, and through this shall lose that amount of pay. Mr Yardley—Never mind about that. Now you had better go back to your ship and do your rope-tying there. Prisoner—l thought I was doing an act of justice and kindness by exposing these rope exhibitions. Mr Yardley—You are discharged. Prisoner—l suppose I can have my line that I tried the experiment with ? Mr Yardley—l dare say they will give them up to you. Inspector Egerton—They are quite willing to give them up. Prisoner 0194 wont for his tackle and pea jacket. Naval and Military Intelligence. Yvaterday the floating shears in Chatham harbour were removed along t'ae entrance to No. 2 dock, in which the ironplated frigate Bellerophon is under construction, for the purpose of being employed in hoisting the massive sternpost for that vessel into the dock, which operation was successfully effected under the direction of the officials of the establish ment. The progress made in the construction of the Bellerophon during the last few weeks, cense• quent on the large additional number of mechanics and other hands placed on her is very marked. Already nearly the whole of the inside ironplating has been rivetted to the frames, or what would be called the timbers in a wooden ship,.in readiness for the 18 inches of teak planking coming between the inner and outside plating, and to which the 6. inch armour plates will be bolted. This makes the total thickness of iron and timber covering her sides to be rather more than 3ft. Unlike the whole of the iron ships hitherto completed, the Bellerophon will be built without any of the bulkheads which form the principal feature in the Achilles, Warrior, Minotaur, and other vessels of that class, that system of construction being, as is now well known, at. tended with enormous disadvantages. In order, however, to enable the Bellerophon to surpass in strength and rigidity the vessels mentioned, and at the same time to give her additional security, sbe is being constructed with a double bottom, and is thus the first vessel in the Royal Navy built on this principle. The space between the two bottoms, which are about 3ft apart, is formed into a number of calls or divisions, crossing each other transversely at right angles, the whole binding the hull solidly together. The inner bottom of the frigate rests on these ribs or girders, dividing the interior into sepaa rate compartments, each of which is made watertight, so that in the event of any accident occurring to the ship's bottom the space in the immediate vicinity only would be filled with water and the inner bottom remain uninjured. In addition to the improvement described the Bellerophon is also being constructed with internal water-tight walls, running completely round the frigate, and these together with the double bottom make her, in short, a double vessel from end to end. It will thus be readily seen that with this system of construction the necessity for internal bulkheads is almost entirely done away with, as it is obvious that no ordinary casualty could jeopardise the safety of any vessel so built. To render her, however, still more safe, a few water-tight bulk heads will be constructed, but in the arrangement of these care will be taken that they shall interfere as little as possible with the comfort and convenience of those destined to serve in the frigate. Beyond the central portion of the frigate at either end the lower deck will form an interior bottom, the space below being rendered available for stowage, by means of watertight trunks rising above the water-line. Already the inner plating of the kind of bower which rises above her fighting deck some distance is completed, and the sharp projecting wedge-shaped prow intended to be used for cutting down an adversary finished in readiness for its steel covering. The tower at the bow is intended to mount a couple of 300. pounder guns, which will fire straight ahead when giving chase to a hostile vessel. It is also intended to place a rifle tower on the upper deck, rising to a height of about 12ft., and this will be rendered shot proof by a covering of 6-inch armour.plates. From this tower the orders will be conveyed below by means of the telegraph, while it will at the same time afford shelter for the steers. men. From the rate of progress now making there is little doubt that the Bellerophon will be com pleted and out of hand during the approaching year. An examination was yesterday made of her Ma■ jesty's screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400shorse power, which has been placed in the third dock at Chatham, but:the inspection failed to detect any Berko us injuries to her screw or rudder post, and slits will accordingly be immediately undecked. His Prussian Majesty's screw steam corvette Vice toria, 14, Capt. Batch, from Gravesend, on Monday the 21st inst., put into Plymouth Sound yesterday, through stress of weather. Wind S.W., blowing strong, with showers occasionally. Col. Lambriek, Royal Marines, was yesterday appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, in the room of Col. William F. Hopkins, C. 8., resigned. Rear-Admiral Edward G. Fanshawe is appointed Conservator of the Thames, vice Rear%Admiral Jas. Stopford, resigned. The fo:lowing appointments were yesterday made at the Admiralty :—Commander J. E. Bickford to the Brilliant, vice Commander Skipwitb, whose period of service has expired ; George Bellamy, assistant surgeon, to the Victory, for Haslar Hospi tal ; Michael 'l'. It. Rahilly, assist.•surgeon to the Asia ; Allan C. T. Mann, nominated to a naval cadetship ; G. Tucker, assist.-engineer, to the Cum berland, as supernumerary ; B. G. Little, of the Donegal, confirmed as second class assist.-engineer. GERMANY AND THE DUCHIES, Much excitement was evident on :,he I3Jurse Lt Bcrlia when the announcement was made on S itur 'lay that the Piussian Government had counter manded the orders for the return of the Prussian troops from the Dachies; and it was even asserted that the measure had been taken on account of a hostile disposition having been shown to the Prus sians by the inhabitants of Schleswig. Further in quiries showed that this rumour was groundless, although the organ of Prince Frederick of Angus tenburg contained a statement to the effect that the Danish inhabitants of one of the islands in the North Sea were preparing for an armed attack on the German residents as soon as the troops were withdrawn ; and that in consequence, the military commanders had urgently requested the competent authorities to annul the order for the removal of his corps southwards. Berlin journals of Sunday last give quite different reasons for the suspension for the transport of the Prussian troops, and state that the Government having determined, under all circumstances, to settle the question respecting the further occupation of holstein by the Hano verian and Saxon troops, according to its own views, had therefore taken care that the necessary military force should remain in Holstein, and at the same time had made a demonstration against Hanover by the concentration of troops at Minden, and against Saxony by a similar concentration. It is further stated that it the Governments of those two countries refuse to evacuate the Duchy xa h intfir ii r . i n A LL tilllP w;11 1,1:1 fixed for the purpose of allowing them to do so. So far as Austria is concerned, it is considered that the Prussian Government is quite certain that the necessity in which that country more than ever finds itself to refrain from a breach with Prussia will compel it to adopt an essentially passive course. It is pointed out also that the Austrian Government has recognised that the Governments of Hanover and Saxony have no longer any legal claim on their side, and that there are no existing signs of the middle States taking any new steps to put forward a claim. Further there aro no evidences that Prussia would respect such a claim. " Nothing," says a Berlin journal, could be more lamentable than that now, for the second or third time, the development of the Schleswig-Hoistein question should lead to the probability of a civil war in Germany ; but in this case the Prussian Government can plead the formal right, and besides this she is engaged in such a manner by the measures just taken that a with drawal is certainly not possible. It is therefore not only urgenty to bo wished, but to bd expected with great probability, that Saxony and Hanover will not drive the matter to extremities. It is fitting that the weaker party should at least have an unassailable title, and that this is not forthcom ing the Bavarian Journal has admitted. The exs tension of the Federal jurisdiction over the boun dary, completely and unambiguously settled, will never succeed if one of the two great Powers should raise a decided opposition." The Prussian Govern ment is reproached for not having made known their views as to the ultimate destiny of the Duchies. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—M. Emile de Girardin has published the letter of the Duke of Persigny on the Press, and his ow n answer to it. In these days of political in diffdrence it is rare to meet with a di s cussion on first principles, nor is the present system of French government favourable to repartees between a Minister and a journalist. Bat the genius of M. de Girardin and the extraordinary zeal of M. de Per signy account for their appearing before the public as correspondents on the most delicate subject that could be raised between them. Whatever might he the temptation thrown out by the experienced and brilliant writer one would think that the ex. Minister and first Imperial confidant would have had the self-control to avoid it. M. de Persigny might be expected to know that it is impossible for any public man in France to give an opinion on the present administration of the Press laws without offending some one with whom it is advan tageous to be on good terms. On the one side there is the class of men of letters in Paris, who, though they have lost that undue share of power which they held under the monarchy of July, and are now unduly depressed by the reigning Imperialism, yet have considerable authority among the more intelli gent of their countrymen from their talents and their social qualities. They represent, or are supposed to represent, the Liberal party, and thus constitute a power in France which no Minister will care to alienate. Oa the other hand, it is well known, and has been proved within the last few days, that there is nothing which the highest person in France thinks so necessary to the wellbeing of the country and the security of his own power as the strict regulation of political writing. It is an article of faith at the Tui leries that journalists are essentially the foes of set tled authority ; that the Crowns of the rulers of France have been struck from their heads by the liens of those ever dissatisfied theorists ; and that until the French people have sufficient independence of judgment to control the press, instead of being controlled by it, it will be dangerous for any sieve■ reign to let people write and read what they please. In holding this opinion a ruler of France cannot be said to be unreasonable. The fall of the Orleans family might be traced directly to the opposition press of thatiday ; it was the National and the Siecle far more than any inherent restlessness in the Parisian multitude which made the Revolution of February, and to the same journals might be attributed with equal certainty the Revolution of July, 1830. Per haps the Emperor has sufficient remembrance of his own former self to know with what pertinacity a politician who thoroughly hates a Government or dynasty will labour at its destruction, turning every incident into a text to preach his own unchanging creed, and finding means to put a sting into the most indifferent remark. However that may be, it is pretty certain that the Emperor Napoleon would rather see the Legislative Lady half filled with Radicals, and the Bar more ill-disposed and trouble somely eloquent than ever, than allow two or three Opposition newpapers t? keep up that daily fire which, though each individual shot seems to do little, yet in the end is found effectual to batter down the strongest institutions. Placed between these two opposing forces, what ought the Duke to have . done ? A prudent man will at once ans wer th a t h e should have held his tongue. An Archbishop who should allow himself to be entrapped into a theolo gical controversy would not showa greater want of skill than a Minister in the position of M. de Per. signy who volunteers general opinions on the rela tions of the Press to the Imperial system. In fact, the more a man who has to administer keeps his personal opinions in the background the better will it be for his own future comfort and the efficient performance of his duties. But the Imperialist poli tician has one weakness; ho is a little too sensitive to the censures of the Opposition. Strange as it may appear, the Duke does in all probability thoroughly , believe himself to be a good Liberal. He remem bers the days of adversity, and wishes to fancy that he had not changed his opinions. He is, in fact, one of the Opposition—that is, he is all for liberty and popular government and the principles of 'B9, and consequently. among other things, for a free Press. He cannot enjoy the Empire like some of his friends, and cares nothing about its principles or its consis• tency with the doctrines held by its founders some 20 years ago. No ; he loves it and believes in it too much for that, and his mind is continually directed to proving that it has really given France that com plete freedom, that true equality, that universal fraternity which the Republic failed to realise. "Napoleon M., the founder of liberty," expresses the political creed of M. de Persigny, and to gain a consent to it he is capable of committing an indis cretion. M. de Girardia was worth converting, and accordingly M. de Presigny, while lamenting that opinion is not advanced enough for a perfectly free press, yet makes the imprudent admission that he desires to see a change which will somewhat loosen its bonds. But it was useless to hope that the logical journalist would accept such a compromise, or admit that, with less frequent warnings and less ruthless confiscations, a condition of things might be produced tolerable to the politicals writers of France. The defenders of free discussion can no more conceive a press almost free than a woman almost chaste, or a bank-note almost good. if a millionth part of re pression remains, the friends of freedom must con tinue to cry out until that millionth is relinquished, Ira a well-Written and earnest letter M. de Girardin pleads the cause of perfect liberty, and brings for• ward arguments which we suspect the heart of his correspondent must have sympathised with, though his understanding may have rejected them. M. de Girardin declares that a press ceases to be dangerous directly it becomes free, and cites the examples of England, America, and Belgium to show that out of France newspapers are read only for their news, while in France, under a rigid supervision, they are read chiefly for the opinion of their conductors. Though we cannot entirely agree with this state., meat, which seems to deny that the press in a free countryexereises anypolitical influence—an assertion untrue—yet M. do Girardin is right in thinking that seditious and scurrilous writings are far less dangerous when they are known to be disre garded by Government than when their composers are believed to be always engaged in a struggle with the Censor and the Public Prosecutor. We cannot but think that the formidable power of the press under King Louis Philippe, for instance, was i n a high degree owing to the continual prosecue t i on s, which were sufficient to exasperate but not to destroy, to give importance to every malcontent who contributed to a review or newspaper, and yet powerless to conciliate or crush him. It seems reasonable to suppose that the French Press would not be more dangerous to the present Government if known to be disregarded and to a great extent unread by the Powers attacked than now, when every sentence becomes within a few hours the sub ject of close examination by suspicions and nervous officials. Nor does M. de Girardin fail to refute the argument that press regulations are necessary to protect private character from unscrupulous writers. It is sufficient for him to point out that a class of publications does exist in France which are not political, and therefore are almost entirely exempt from Government interference, and which yet are more free in their remarks on individuals and more given to satire and scandal than is proper in a decent community. He might have added that in the freest State the laws for the protection of private character may be, as in England, made strict to excess with out any permanent interference of the Executive. In all these things it may be that the opinion of France is against M. de Girardin. Perhaps M. de Persigny is right in saying that people aro not pre pared for the entire liberation of the press; but, as his correspondent justly remarks, opinion must yield to demonstration, and if reason and the experience of other nations tend to prove that the present sys tem is unnecessarily rigid, the Imperial advisers may profit by the advice of the veteran journalist. POST.—Although the President of the Northern Qkiktoa -rrill net ont.or upon hio occond term of offioe before March next, that term may, for all practical purposes, be considered as dating from the present time. He possesses the same supreme power now which he will enjoy during the forthcoming year, and the intervening period between his election and admission to office may be employed in maturing such designs as he may subsequently desire to carry into execution. In one respect, then, the Northern population may be regarded as benefiting by the re.election of their President. The policy of which they approve will meet with no check, and the an tagonism of interests, which proved so fatal to the State during the last four months of the presidency of Mr, Lincoln's predecessor, will be avoided. The future historian of the decline and fall of the great American Republic will therefore, in criticising the conduct of Mr Lincoln's second administration. look rather to the position of affairs in November, 1864, than in March, 1864, and, with the former date as a starting-point, will determine what ought to have been the policy pursued by the Government. The chief, if not the only duty which the Northern Fe deration has set to itself is that of re.establishing at all hazards the original Union, and the means by which this end is to be attained is almost univer sally admitted to be the vigorous prosecution of the war. The Southern Confederacy has declared that it will not negotiate on the basis of amalga mation with the North, and as the latter, with equal persistency, makes union a necessary condi tion of peace, no alternative remains but to con throe hostilities until one of the belligerents is content or compelled to cede the point on 'which fit present it lays so much stress. As, however, in the nature of things the time must come sooner or later when the Union will be restored or the South will establish its independence, it behoves both sides constantly to note the progress they have made with the view of determining at the earliest possi ble period the attest time for Avoiding linlaCcOary 1: ~..* bloodshed by making an inevitable coecessiota Having now for nearly four years pursued an 1 1 7 . ; compromising policy, and having waged a NV u _ which, for the gigantic scale on which it ha . s beelt conducted and the vastness of the expenditure it has entailed, is without a parallel in the historyet .a o the world, the President of the Federal States, b .% entering on a new lease of office, may reasonably be expected to take stock of the results of that courss of action which, at the bidding of the peop le, be has hitherto pursued. Should he do so, however, the results of his investigation will hardly encourag him to continue in the path which, until e has followed with such unhesitating confidence. Iv!: have lately had occasion to notice the financial pos! Lion of the Federal Government, and do n ot no ; intend to consider in detail the astonishing result of a system of finance which, whilst permitting a!, expenditure to be almost limitless, creates n o otter provision for the outlay than the simple acknowe ledgment of the debt which is created. Suffice it t ° say that the Northern Republic can now, at t he of Mr Lincoln's first presidentship, boast o f a DaA tional debt so large that even well-informed Pe" sons cannot estimate the amount within 100 nailli"11 sterling. At the commencement of the civil war the debt of the United States was practically nil , w here !! at the end of the present year it is believed ityil.ll fall but little short of that which took Great Britain more than a century to accumulate. But the n e President will not only find himself called upon 1° administer the affairs of a State heavily indebted; but one which has not yet learned to discharge of most irksome of all duties, namely, the payme nt cl , debts. Taxation in America is almost unkn own and it is a significant fact, which has not failed th attract the attention of the Old World, that th e Federal Government have never yet ventured t. ° overcome the constitutional antipathy which thei r t fellowecitizens entertain to a practice so repugns r . l to their ideas of absolute liberty. The new Mc ° nistration will succeed to a war which has bees carried on on credit,and which at this late hour they will find it impossible to conduct on any other sYs" tem. Whether Mr Lincoln or General M.Clelia l l secured the suffrages of the people at the recent election, but one course lay open to the Government in respect to the mode of covering the expenditu re occasioned by the war. Financial reforms might be made, but, with a people obstinately determi n . ea „ either on repudiating their engagements or leav ll4 them to be fulfilled by posterity, no choice remain s to the Administration but to add day by day to the national debt. Bat, turning from the financial t°. the military aspect of affairs, the new Gevernniso will find equally little ground for selfecongratn iv lion. The armies of the Northern Republic tir° well appointed and tolerably efficient, and th eir , combined numerical strength is truly immense , bli " somehow or other they do very little work. T i. 11 6, largest of the armies despatched to the field by tu" Federal Government is undoubtedly that which 18 ; at present encamped on the banks of the Ja me, River. But that army, although in the field upwa rd" of three years, has never gained a single viets r ti nor secured for its employers a tangible success*.,,,, has never actei on the offensive without being s i ll nally repulsed, and the only occasions on whic h' can advance the shadow of a claim to having be e r s victorious were those on which at Antietam Maryland, and at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania , 1 , 0 succeeded in preventing the Confederate fo re n `g marching on Washington. Beyond the limits t i Northern Virginia the grand army of the Ns r „'s has never been able to penetrate, and at the pres s ; moment the outposts of a Southern army are ported to have made their appearance on the hal! no of the Potomac. Nor elsewhere is the sittle r e of the Federal armies more encouraging. are grave reasons for doubting whether Sher lii ; es can retain his position in Georgia, and Tenne,,,ti though overrun, is certainly not subjugated. . 1. `"0 Orleans and the surrounding country for s°,:o miles are in the occupation of Federal troops , " t o the pretensions of the Northern Governmen t . 0 having once more brought Louisiana beneath :be sway were practically disposed of a few Eal r ' s e since, by the disastrous defeat inflicted on Ban g t, army in the interior of that State. On the ° " t ii, skirts of the Confederacy the armies of the N i a n f o e have done but little; in its heart they have no nothing. at all. Considered simply in relatio n s r its present results, and its ultimate object, the e ll waged by the North might be described as sca rc ia begun. These are the facts of which posterity ; c0 expect that Mr. Lincoln on his reacession to 0 e ( ought to have taken notice and made the basi s o his future policy. The lesson they convey is Pell pable enough to us, but whether it will be cello apparent to the Northern President and his - visers remains to be seen. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—Noy. 26. apt We had a fair supply of wheat on offer at our eleOf to-day, and previous quotation s were genera ll y mainto! tl , • but the trade was slow. Fi ne b ar l ey not plentiful, Ifisorta fair demand, and saleabl e a t f u ll y l ate pr i ces ; other nllf at is to 2s less money. B eans an d peas i n s h o rt OPT at former rates o „ Wheat, white ..40s 46s Beans,Mazagan. • red ..36s 42s middle & smallit s 5 5 5 ; Barley Oats GLOUCESTER—Nov. 26. There was an average supply of English wheat t 04114 1 00111 our market, which sold slowly at late prices, Foreig ll o6 o in limited demand, at about former rates. Barl e y and beans very dull. NORTHAMPTON—Nov. 26. to Whito wheat, new, 388 to 42s ; new red, 3 v B 34/ old, 37s to 40s per qr. Barley, new malting, 328 to rso other sorts, 26s to 30s. Old oats, 28s to 345; nevlt,' 26s per 24 atone. Beans, 35s to 4.05. Peas; 368 to per qr. CHELMSFORD—Nov. 25. At this corn exchange to-day the supply of w—e ~,,1 at e 4 plentiful, but we still have a dull trade, and last r quotations were barely maintained. Spring corn We t a slow sato, and at no advance in prices. .36g s4l Wheat, old white 40s 45s Veal!, Partridge...•;; Os new 40s 41s White .......... ;), s 5, old red 39s 40s Boiling ......... 3 .° 10 f , '; new 37s 40s Dun Barley ..25s 32s Ditto new ...... ;I s Chevalier .......26s 33s Beans, Tick, old .. o ', Grinding 20s 2Ss new.. -- 0 / 0 Malt.... 61s 675, Harrow Ticks ..3 5 44 Chevalier 64s 68s new ..i; ;yr Oats 20s 268 Mazagan • ......0 KIRKCALDY GRAIN—Nov. 20. 04 We had large supplies of barley and oats at our 0 0 4 to-day, but small of wheat. Barley is and oats 6a P down. Wheat much the same as last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....33s Od 22s Od lss sa Second..3ss Od 23s 6d 16s 6d Third....39s Od 20s Od 17s Od COAL 111. Moos of Coal per Ton a, ULKET. the °lose of the rata° . ?, Walls End' p 1 3 0 Tunstall East Hartlepool ..... South Hartlepool...." 0 South Helton ...... 26 ; gold, 26. s. d. Hastings Hartley l9 0 Cowpen Hartley 19 0 Walls End. naswell ...23 O i Ships at marks Foreign Mail Packet List. 1 9 ' , De! IS. bIAILS.DUE ___:us, via Southampton. ..... ' e e. 6 , via Marseilles. ........ • — D e c. Brazil and . Cape Verds, by British packet. ...... : o ci. b Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena• Deo. of. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southaniptoo.,,a, i via Marseilles •• • ' 6 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. : -, p India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton• •Z 0 5t...6, via Marseilles..• ..... ' 6 , . India (Bombay), via Southampton ..... •,i,,,c. --via Marseilles ........ vet) . 0 Portugal .•.. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... sof' 0 , via Marseilles ....... ..,r o c , Newfoundland . '''' 0 ' , Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. A mer i ca , b y B r it. pac k e t... 03. by U.S. l acket...• l < o f , ;1, by Canadian packe t. ij e c. '?3. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe DIO / . 0, West Indies and Pacific .. ........ no. l' Bahamas (via New York) l.lo'' Bermuda (ditto) ..................... Cuba and Mexico . *- is ani : 4 uri i Births. 10 [0 BYRON.—On the 25th inst., at 7, Hyde-park - g ar 0, Hon. Mrs. William Byron, of a daughter. i c e Of BARRY.—On the 27th inst., at Tottenham, the Barry, Esq., of a daughter. e WO' CHRISTIE.—On the 27th inst., at Eritb, lieu" Christie, of %daughter. Marriages. Sic GRANTHAM--BLAMER.—On the 24th inst., P t e f°i4 Sussex, Edward G ran th am , Esq., of Lowes , „ t4 r e , youngest dau g ht er o f t h e l a t e Nathaniel J 3l4 ' of Preston. , t . NICHOLSON---ROMILLY.—On the 24th inst.) c o o tr eu l t P i i o o' Paddington, Lothi a n Ni c h o l son , Lieut.- and C. 8., to Mary, second d aug hter of the l/ig Sir John Romilly, the Master of the Rolls' Deaths. 4. win ds BIRKMYRE.—On the 26th inst., at Thames-stree t s vliof er Adam Birkmyre, Esq , aged 48, -Or, 'Dt Boont.—On the 24th inst., at Oran near Ca ter' (11 06 wife of William C. Booth, Esq., a ' nd yoli n gea t erc le/1 13 ‘ 0% of the late John Fielden, Esq.,, isc p , o f ie.— 0 HENLY.—On the 24th inst., at Shrub . liill JO ° ' AI Wiltshire, Robert Henly, Esq , aged 56. 0 01 London : Printed and Prbliehed by WlLLLitgel9l.o',4l of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TilE SON o : A ce ottgl w Strand, in the Pre c i nc t of ' the Savoy. in I'my AlidtilWie—TtielftifthlllgyvAlDCr 29116"